The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2132
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2597
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.95° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.31° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.